Boy name origins & meanings
- Norse : Enclosure
- French : Watchful
How Popular Is The Name Garth
Family name origins & meanings
- Northern English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, normally a paddock or orchard, from northern Middle English garth ‘enclosed area’, ‘yard’ (from Old Norse garðr ‘enclosure’).
- German (also Gärth) : topographic name from Old Saxon gard ‘enclosure’, ‘farm(yard)’, originally denoting a settlement protected by a fence.